Born to Sing
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Born to Sing is a 1942 American musical comedy film featuring child actress Virginia Weidler in a leading role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Born to Sing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12811872 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Born to Sing Context triple: [Virginia Weidler, notableWork, Born to Sing]
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A.
A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
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B.
The Woman Who Sings
"The Woman Who Sings" is a popular Soviet musical drama film starring Alla Pugacheva as a gifted singer whose rise to fame strains her personal life.
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C.
Being Born
"Being Born" is a song by the American rock band The Flaming Lips, known for its experimental, psychedelic sound and introspective lyrics.
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D.
A Gift of Song
A Gift of Song is the alternate title of the 1979 “Music for UNICEF” benefit concert and television special featuring major pop artists performing to raise funds and awareness for UNICEF.
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E.
Oh, Sister
"Oh, Sister" is a song by the American punk rock band Desire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Born to Sing Target entity description: Born to Sing is a 1942 American musical comedy film featuring child actress Virginia Weidler in a leading role.
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A.
A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
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B.
The Woman Who Sings
"The Woman Who Sings" is a popular Soviet musical drama film starring Alla Pugacheva as a gifted singer whose rise to fame strains her personal life.
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C.
Being Born
"Being Born" is a song by the American rock band The Flaming Lips, known for its experimental, psychedelic sound and introspective lyrics.
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D.
A Gift of Song
A Gift of Song is the alternate title of the 1979 “Music for UNICEF” benefit concert and television special featuring major pop artists performing to raise funds and awareness for UNICEF.
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E.
Oh, Sister
"Oh, Sister" is a song by the American punk rock band Desire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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musical comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frances Hyland ⓘ |
| cinematography | Robert Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Edward Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Boemler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | child performers ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Donald Meek
NERFINISHED
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Douglas Fowley NERFINISHED ⓘ George Lessey NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Gorcey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags Ragland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Weidler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring child actress Virginia Weidler in a leading role ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Frederick Stephani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1942-02-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frances Hyland
NERFINISHED
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Gertrude Purcell NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Krafft NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Donald Meek
NERFINISHED
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Douglas Fowley NERFINISHED ⓘ George Lessey NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Gorcey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags Ragland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Weidler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Born to Sing Description of subject: Born to Sing is a 1942 American musical comedy film featuring child actress Virginia Weidler in a leading role.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.